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What percent of your system cost is for cables?

The thread started by A1126lin asking how much one should spend on cables caused me to do a quick estimate of what I've spent. It would be interesting to see how much we've spent for audio cables and power cables (including conditioners) relative to our total system cost.
Here's mine:
Total 12,000
Equip 8,500 70%
A-cable 1,500 13%
P-cable/cond 1,700 17%
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my speakers: $2100
amps: $1200
preamp(passive diy) $250
tape deck $200
dac $250
transport $600
TT/arm/cart $2800
phono $1000
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total for system $8400

cables:
panamax AC conditioner $250
VanDenHul DIY interconnects terminated with Neutrik RCA for ALL components $270. VanDenHul DIY speaker cables $75
VanDenHul DIY power cords with locking male-plugs $200
Locking Hospital grade wall receptacles for power amps $40
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total for cables $835 which is a-bit bellow 10%
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